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Sunday, December 3, 2006; Page M02
BOOK
The Boleyn Inheritance
Hey, Nice Robe! (And Other Messages for the Queen) |
By Philippa Gregory
Simon & Schuster
$25.95
BASIC STORY:
The best-selling British author gives the fiction treatment to the true-life stories of three women who had roles in the court of England's volatile Henry VIII.
SAMPLE GRAB:
"This is a man who killed one beloved wife with studied cruelty; the second that he adored he executed with a French sword. . . . What might he do to me?"
-- The king's new wife, Anne of Cleves, begins to fear for her life
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE:
The subject matter (spousal executions! conniving monarchs! court intrigue!) is inherently fascinating, and the story never drags.
